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Great Pacific Cleanup

Taking on marine trash here in California

More than 100 million tons of plastic, Styrofoam and other garbage are floating 2,000 miles off the coast of California in an area known as the Pacific Garbage Patch.

California’s trash has certainly contributed to the problem, but we’re ready to lead the way toward solutions that reduce or eliminate our waste.

Environment California has launched a new campaign, calling on lawmakers to take two simple steps to cut our pollution: ban Styrofoam takeout containers and alter plastic bottles’ design, so that caps are attached and recyclable. (Detached bottle caps float and are often mistaken as food.)

An island of trash

Over the last decade, the Pacific Garbage Patch has grown to twice the size of Texas. The seawater there contains six times more plastic than plankton. More than 80 percent of the plastic, Styrofoam and other trash in this patch came from land, washed to sea from our beaches and harbors.

Plastic marine debris poses serious threats to ocean wildlifekilling more than 1 million seabirds and 100,000 mammals and sea turtles each year.

All across the state, Californians are taking action, banning Styrofoam takeout containers in their cities and towns. To date, 38 municipalities have passed bans on single-use Styrofoam containers. To see a map of bans across the state, visit our Web site.

“Nothing you use for five minutes should be polluting the earth for 500 years,” said Oceans Advocate Gina Goodhill. “The good news is that there are better options: recycled, biodegradable or reusable containers. Most people, if given a choice, would be OK paying an extra nickel to get a more eco-friendly container, but they aren't being given the choice.”

Environment California grassroots organizers are talking to Californians across the state about this issue, collecting comments urging Gov. Schwarzenegger to take action, and ban single-use Styrofoam takeout containers and attach bottle caps to bottles

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Trash

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The Pacific Garbage Patch

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Help save our planet, animals and humans

Keep trash where it belongs and recycle

all that you can.

Most of all ONLY USE REUSABLE BAGS

The yellow dotted areas are

"trash Islands" that are floating

in our Pacific Ocean and adding

to the pollution of our planet.

Carbon Footprint

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A carbon footprint is "the total set of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions caused by an organization, event or product". It is often expressed in terms of the amount of carbon dioxide, or its equivalent of other GHGs, emitted.

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